Microbiota as a factor influencing the change in taste preferences after bariatric surgery

Currently, surgical methods of treatment are increasingly used to achieve remission of diabetes mellitus associated with obesity: laparoscopic gastric bypass, longitudinal resection of the stomach and others. In clinical practice, after this type of surgical intervention, patients often experience changes in taste habits and violations of tolerance to foods, nausea, vomiting, intolerance to the smell, type and texture of food. This review summarizes research data on the factors influencing changes in the gut and salivary microbiota, on the impact of microbiota composition on the development of obesity, on changes in taste habits in patients after bariatric surgery, and on possible causes of changes. To search for sources, Internet resources PubMed, Google Scholar, eLIBRARY.ru were used for the last 10 years, to access the full text of articles, the websites of publishers Springer, Elsevier and others were used. According to the search results, 101 sources were analyzed, 60 of them are included in this review.